New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie seems to be budging from his statement last year that, “If the vice-presidency is offered to me, I will turn it down.”

Christian Heinze of the website GOP12 notes that Christie, the popular sharp-tongued Republican who endorsed Mitt Romney’s candidacy for president, is now singing a different tune when asked about being on the GOP ticket in 2012. (RELATED: More on Chris Christie)

“If Gov. Romney were to come and talk to me about it, I would listen because I love my party enough and I love my country enough to listen,” Christie said on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday.

As Heinze reported on Monday, Christie last year said, “Can you see me as somebody’s vice president? I mean, who would be that poor guy? You know, I just don’t think that my personality is necessarily suited to being No. 2.”

Christie last year opted against a presidential run of his own despite strong urging from donors and high-profile Republicans to get in the race.